A biography for Jayma Mayshasn’t been written yet.
“I love sneakers. I live in Keds.”
“Growing up I played piano and I sang at a lot of weddings; I grew up in a very small town, a little coal-mining town in Virginia called Grundy. And my family was very sing-songy at home.”
“I have a weird crush on Meryl Streep.”
“I'm a huge fan of Laurie Metcalf and Niecy Nash.”
“When I buy something from Raven & Lily, I know that it is good, it is not harming anything, and the people making it are being helped.”
“If everyone had a business model like Raven + Lily, I feel like the world would be an awesome place to live in.”
“When you're a little girl, you kind of gravitate towards all of the princesses and things.”
“I used to lose my keys a lot.”
“I loved 'The Carol Burnett Show' - I thought she was the funniest lady I'd ever seen.”
“I feel really content in my 30s actually. I don't feel like the wisest person in the world but I definitely don't worry or stress like I used to.”
“I definitely know that I'm quirky. I know that I'm different. Red hair definitely made me different growing up.”
“I was so focused at 21, maybe to my own detriment because I didn't allow myself to have fun. I was constantly looking for the next audition and working to pay the bills.”
“I say something bad every day, but I like to swear sparingly because it has more impact.”
“You'd probably think I'm schizophrenic if you looked in my closet.”
“It's amazing what a coral-colored necklace can do to a plain brown cardigan.”
“I talk about my cats all the time.”
“My mom was a big 'Smurfs' fan, so she would force me to watch every Saturday morning. I had no choice in the matter. I would jump downstairs on Saturday morning, 'Hurray, cartoons!' and she would say, 'Smurfs! That's what you're watching.'”
“I love Britain. I'd like to work there. Maybe a BBC crime show; I love those. A thriller would be something different.”
“The other day, I noticed I'd arranged my spices in alphabetical order when I was on the phone, without even realizing, and when I was a kid I was constantly cleaning and organizing things - my toys, my sister's cosmetics.”
“When I changed my degree to acting, I almost gave my parents heart attacks.”